Factors influencing variation in implementation outcomes of the redesigned community health fund in the Dodoma region of Tanzania: a mixed-methods... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Micro-health insurance (MHI) has been identified as a possible interim solution to foster progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs). S
Evaluation of commercially available anthelminthics in laboratory models of human intestinal nematode infections (Publications)
Drug repurposing from veterinary to human medicine has been the main strategy to develop the four recommended human anthelminthics, albendazole, mebendazole, levamisole, and pyrantel pamoate, for the
Comparison of two different semiquantitative urinary dipstick tests with albumin-to-creatinine ratio for screening and classification of albuminuria... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Semiquantitative dipstick tests are utilized for albuminuria screening. METHODS: In a prospective cross-sectional survey, we analyzed the diagnostic test validity of the semiquantitative c
Child hand contamination is associated with subsequent pediatric diarrhea in rural Democratic Republic of the Congo (REDUCE Program) (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: The Reducing Enteropathy, Undernutrition, and Contamination in the Environment (REDUCE) program focuses on identifying exposure pathways to faecal pathogens for young children in the Democr
Heterologous vaccine regimen: stakeholder acceptance and implementation considerations (Publications)
Heterologous vaccine regimens deliver antigens through different vaccine components or vector types at sequential time points. Clinical development shows promising results and several candidates may b
Efforts to mitigate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: potential entry points for neglected tropical diseases (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The damage inflicted by the coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic upon humanity is and will continue to be considerable. Unprecedented progress made in global health over the past
New amidated 3,6-diphenylated imidazopyridazines with potent antiplasmodium activity are dual inhibitors of <em>Plasmodium... (Publications)
Recent studies on 3,6-diphenylated imidazopyridazines have demonstrated impressive in vitro activity and in vivo efficacy in mouse models of malaria infection. Herein, we report the synthesis and anti
Nanotechnological immunoassay for rapid label-free analysis of candidate malaria vaccines (Publications)
Malaria is a life-threatening epidemic disease with half of the world's population at risk. Although its incidence rate has fallen since 2010, this ratio dramatically stalled between 2014 and 2018. Ne